The niche and paratextual industries of games and play

Kingdominos

The game I played in class was called Kingdomino and I have very mixed feeling towards it. At first we had no idea what we were doing or how to play the game. After reading the semi confusing instructions and watching a 20 minute video on how to play Kingdomino my group had a slight understanding on how to play the game.

The publisher of the game Kingdomino is blue orange games. This company is based in San Francisco, yet the founders of this company are both from France.

The theme of this game to me seems very medieval like. You are playing as a king who seeks to expand his kingdom yet in a very strategic way. There are different terrains that are up for grabs such as; wheat fields, lakes, mountains, villages, forests and gardens. By choosing each terrain it can give you an advantage in the next…